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Meh - The Shirt

That is all.

I’m just kidding. I would not do that to you even though “meh” sums up my week pretty well.

Definition: expressing a lack of interest or enthusiasm.

Yep. If I owned that shirt I’d wear it to work.

The past two weeks really did me in. Too much going. No down time. Driving all over heck. Almost came down with the crud The Hub had. Coughing on me while watch a show for four hours can do that to a person. After my dentist appointment this Saturday (why do I do that?) things will slow down a little. Just a little.

Some updates:

The Teen performed at the Pantages for the Jerry Herman awards. He didn’t make the final four, but the experience was awesome. There were lots of celebrities there. It was a little surreal.
The Teen is now a senior! Hooray!
The Teen was asked to do Jesus Christ Superstar. He said yes and then he changed his mind.
The Girl promotes from 6th to 7th grade next Friday! They don’t call it “graduation” here because kids had it in their heads that they were done with school once they graduated. Words. Just words, people!
The Sound of Music is quickly approaching. Production week shouldn’t be too bad since I only have the one kid in this one.
Plugging along with the #MiseryRAL. Reading Misery this second time around, possibly third time around, is just so fun when done with a group and this group is loads of fun.

With the busy weeks and no down time to speak of, I just couldn’t find the motivation to post about anything and before I knew it, the week flew by.

After my dental appointment on Saturday, I am going to take a long nap and awake recharged for Sunday. Seriously! That is all I want to do. That means that tonight I have to go to the market. Meh.

Sunday Matters

This. Past. Week. Well, it went smoothly. No big hiccups to speak of. We took it one day at a time and got through all of the events (choir concert, banquet, The Teen’s big audition, etc.) There was one snafu when The Girl’s field trip bus didn’t return on time and we missed church but what can you do? Traffic was horrible. I’d rather them take their time than rush back.

Right Now:

Hitting an early service at church today because our normal service conflicts with The Girl’s team party. That is why we tried to hit church on Thursday. So hard to get up early on the weekend. It will just be The Girl and I. The Hub will stay behind to make sure The Teen gets up and dressed and out the door for day 2 at the theater.

This Week:

Monday is the big day. The Jerry Herman Awards are at 7pm. The Teen did well at his audition. We find out the results AT THE SHOW! It’s nerve-wracking! It will be a late night. I figure we will be done at 10 pm and then we still have to drive home so yeah, it will be a long night but it’s so exciting!

I can’t really think of much else going on this week. A good thing.

Reading:

I’ve got book club this week. Still reading All The Light We Cannot See. I need to get it read before Thursday!

The Misery read along (#MiseryRAL) starts June 1st. It promises to be a hoot. I’ll be reading and tweeting about it in between my other reads. The new King book comes out this week too. How did I forget about it?

Also reading A Little Life. About 50% in. This book is impossible to read quickly. I am seriously highlighting every other page, the writing is so lovely. I am taking my time with it and loving every moment I have with it.

Watching:

I am halfway through Mad Men, Season 5. Still loving this show. We watched Return of the Jedi recently. Had to get The Girl up to speed before the new movie comes out later this year. I picked up Million Dollar Arm from Netflix but haven’t gotten to it yet.

Making:

I don’t think I’ve cooked once this week! There wasn’t time to cook but even if I had the time, I don’t think I would have. I don’t have a taste for anything and still feel blah. This is telling me I need to go on some sort of cleanse or clean diet but where is my motivation these days? If it takes effort, then I immediately just want to go to bed. Not like me at all.

Some of the stuff you’ve been cooking sounds tasty though. Too bad a personal chef is not a possibility.

Grateful for:

Oh, all sorts of things. My pup. The Hub has been sick and so he’s been sleeping in another room. The Otter Pup HAS to sleep exactly halfway between the two of us when he does this so she camps out on the stairs. Too funny! She is such a sweet pup!

I got a raise at work. This was unexpected but great! A very nice surprise. Maybe I will treat myself to a new Kindle so that PATTY doesn’t make fun of my old one anymore. I know, I know, just kidding and all that. I have a hard time buying new stuff when the old stuff works perfectly fine.

How’ve you all been? It got really hot here this weekend. The team party is a pool party so they picked a good day for it. What are you up to?